§ Mrs. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans have been agreed for the future development of the National Hospital, the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children on the Queen Square/Great Ormond Street site; and
550Wpatient inquiry of discharges and deaths from NHS hospitals in England and Wales. A patient having several spells in hospital in one year could be included more than once.
what proposals are being considered for shared facilities and common services.
§ Mr. MoyleIt was agreed in 1968 that development of the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and the Hospital for Sick Children, together with their associated Institutes, should be carried out as a joint project on the Queen Square/Great Ormond Street island site. The first phase is nearing completion. The nature and timing of subsequent phases have not yet been decided.
In June 1977 a Joint Steering Committee of the two Boards of Governors and of Homoeopathic interests submitted a report on the feasibility of establishing a Special Health Authority to manage the three hospitals and of rationalising services between them. This report contained agreed proposals for transferring the Maida Vale Branch of the National Hospital to Queen Square, using part of the present Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital. The report is being considered in the context of the future management of the specialist postgraduate hospitals generally.